Legal Opinion
Liston v. Unum Corp. Officer Severance Plan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 27, 2003No. 02-1956PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Appellant Catherine Liston is a former officer of UnumProvident Corporation (“UP”), an insurance company incorporated in Delaware. Prior to its June 1999 merger with Provident Companies, Inc., the UNUM Corporation had adopted an officer severance plan (“the plan”) to provide benefits for officers whose jobs were “eliminated” as a result of a “change in control” of the company. The benefits could amount to as much as 36 weeks’ salary, and an officer could obtain them if any of the plan’s triggering conditions were satisfied, importantly: a “significant adverse reduction or…
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